page_title: Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III
hierarchical_section_title: Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Ghazi al-Din Xan ʿImad al-Mulk, with inscription. On paper. Album leaf (verso). British Museum Registration number 1920,0917,0.102
context_page_description: Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III or Nizam Shahabuddin Muhammad Feroz Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi also known by his sobriquet Imad-ul-Mulk, was the subedar of Assam allied with the Maratha Empire, who were often described as a de facto ruler of the Mughal Empire. He was the son of Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung II and a grandson of the founder of the Nizam Dynasty, Nizam ul Mulk Asaf Jah. A controversial figure, Imad is well known for assassinating Mughal Emperor Alamgir II and for imprisoning and blinding Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur, and torturing their family members. He was declared to be an apostate by various Islamic scholars and by Durrani Emperor Ahmad Shah Abdali.After the death of his father in 1752, he was recommended by Nawab Safdar Jung to be appointed as Mir Bakhshi and received the titles of Amir ul-Umara and Imad ul-Mulk.
context_section_description: Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III or Nizam Shahabuddin Muhammad Feroz Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi also known by his sobriquet Imad-ul-Mulk, was the subedar of Assam allied with the Maratha Empire, who were often described as a de facto ruler of the Mughal Empire. He was the son of Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung II and a grandson of the founder of the Nizam Dynasty, Nizam ul Mulk Asaf Jah. A controversial figure, Imad is well known for assassinating Mughal Emperor Alamgir II and for imprisoning and blinding Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur, and torturing their family members. He was declared to be an apostate by various Islamic scholars and by Durrani Emperor Ahmad Shah Abdali.After the death of his father in 1752, he was recommended by Nawab Safdar Jung to be appointed as Mir Bakhshi (Pay Master General) and received the titles of Amir ul-Umara (Noble of Nobles) and Imad ul-Mulk.
caption: Portrait of Imad-ul-Mulk
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